Bottle washer



Patented July 17, 1928.`

UNITED" STATES PATENT? OFFICE.'

WALTER SKWIERAWSKI, or MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

' BOTTLE WASHER.

Application led May 2, 1927. Y Serial No. 188,226.A i

This invent-ion relates to .bottlewashers.'Vv Objects of thisinvention are to provide a novel form of bott-le washer in which a simple water motor is remployed and associated with means to divert a portion of the water and pass it upwardly through a rein a sink or triband readily attached to anvk suitable source of water under pressure, such as a spigot for instance.

An embodiment of the invention is shown in the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a vertical elevation-primarily in sec-tion showing the device asit stands when in use;

Figure 2 is a sectional view to any enlarged scale on the line 2`2 of Figure 1;

Figure `3 is a sectional view to an enlarged` scale on the line 3 3 of Figure 1.

ReferringI to the drawings7 it will be seen that the device comprises a casing 1 preff erably castV as a single unit andsupported by a standard or base 2. The base 2 is provided with supporting feet 3 which may be of rubber or other material Vto prevent marring the enamel surface of the sink, as indicated by the reference character 4. The

casing is hollow and houses a rotor 5 which is rigidly connected to a tubular shaft 6.'

The rotor is provided with a plurality of" curved vanes, as may be seen particularly Yfrom Figure 2, which slope downwardly.

The casing is provided with an inlet portion 7 upon which a hose 8 is received. This inlet portion is provided with a relatively large aperture 9 which terminates in a constricted jet aperture or nozzle aperture 10. As may be seen from Figure 2, the nozzle aperture or'jet aperture 10 is arranged ofi center so that it strikes approximately the middle portion of the blades, as they are eX- posed tothe stream and thus imparts rotary mot-ion to the motor or paddle wheel; The` curved Vanes prevent the immediate distoa discharge passageway 12. This paswater 4without surging orV squirting.

yspindle or tubular shaftV 6.v

charge ofthe water until 'a large amount of the energy in the `flowing streamhasbeen extracted. s

The standard orfsupport 2 vis* provided With-.an enlargedhollow portion providing a cavity 11 which` merges into the main cavity of the casing land which; narrowed sageway communicates withl a relatively largedischarge space 18,I and itis to -benoted from F igure 1, that the legs space the base up ai suliicient distance from the vbottom vof thesinlr. to permit free discharge lof the Itis to be` noted that lthe tubularr shaft P6' is lcarried, in a tubular casing ,14 which p forms an elongated .bearing for such shaft.

yThe ltubular ,sha-ft 6y is provided with va collar 15` which rest upon y.the 4sleeve 14 :andy thusV supports therota'ry portion 'of the `apparatus. The' upper end of the rotor 10 is provided with bearing face 16 which vlimits the upward motion'of the rotary port-ion of the device. y y .Y

The Aupper end of the tubular shaft 6 has secured thereto a member 17' which Carries the shank 18 of the brush 19. This shank is formed preferably of twisted wire and is retained in themember 17 or cap by means of'a pin 20 which is passed through the loop of the twisted wire 18. Further, the

`member 17 is crimped oribent so that it is` slightly iiattened,V as shown in Figure 3, to

further grip the twisted wire shank-18. It 1s to be noted that the member 1i' is Vnot'completely flattened but that it provides 'a pair of discharge apertures 21 which communicate with the interior of vrthe tubular shaft 6.

t When the device is in use the water passes upwardly through the hollow stem or spindle 6 and is projected into the rapidly rotating brush, thus furnishing a continuous stream of water internally of thebottle while the interior of the bottle vis beingy rapidlyv brushed and freed of adherent material.

The constricted portion 12 in the standard or support 2 insures the discharge of some ofthe water upwardly through the vhollow It is to be noted also` that the .casing 1 Y may be very rigidly secured to the base portion 2 by the construction illustrated in Figure 1. For example, the base is pro- 'i vided with an upst-anding flange 22 which Cil fits within the interior of the casing and is provided with an outwardly projecting flange 23 upon which the bottom oit the casing rests. Screws 24 pass through the ange 23 and into the casing and thus ret-ain the parts against separation.

Although the invention has been described in considerable detail, such description is intended as illustrative rather than limiting as the invention may be variously embodied and as thc scope ot suoli invention is to be determined as claimed.

I claim:

l. A bottle washer comprising a casing having a base provided with a constricted discharge aperture? said rcasing having a pipe receiving portion provided with an inlet aperture, a rotor mounted adjacent said inlet aperture and positioned within said casing and spaced above the lower portion of said casing, a hollow spindle rigidlyA attached to said rotor and projecting upwardly Yfrom said casing, means carried by said spindle for preventing` downward motion thereof, and a brush provided with. a shank attached to the upper end of said spindle, said spindle having' a discharge portion located immediately adjacent said brush, said casing converging towards its lower end and having a base provided with'a discharge aperture. v Y n 2. A bottle washer comprising` a casing oft cylindrical contour and having an inlet aperture entering through its cylindrical wall and located oill center with reference to the axis of such cylindrical wall, a base for supporting said easing having a discharge aperture and having supporting feet for spacing said base 'from a support, a pipe carried by said casing and communicating with said inlet aperture, a rotor mounted within said casing, a hollow spindle rigidly secured to said rotor and projecting upwardly through said casing, a sleeve rigidly carried by said casing and furnishing an elongated bearing for said hollow spindle, a collar carried by said spindle and resting upon the upperend of said sleeve, and a brush carried by the upf per end of said hollow spindle, said hollow spindle having a discharge portion adjacent said brush for projecting a stream of water into said revolving brush.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand at Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin. v

WALTER. sKwiEnawsKr. Y 

